¿me extrañas?
The Spanish phrase for 'do you miss me' is ¿me extrañas?
This phrase is used as a question to find out if someone feels sadness because they are no longer with you.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase me extrañas literally means 'you miss me'. The word me means 'me' and extrañas is the second-person singular form of the verb 'extrañar', which means 'to miss'.
Which one should you use?
While ¿me extrañas? is common in Latin America, in Spain it is more common to use the phrase ¿me echas de menos? to express the same meaning.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In some Spanish-speaking countries like Argentina, the informal phrase ¿Me extrañás? is commonly used.
How does it change in a sentence?
To ask this question to someone you address formally, use the third-person singular form extraña instead of extrañas, as in ¿Me extraña?
Did you know?
- The verb extrañar shares the same root as the word extraño, meaning 'strange' or 'weird'. To miss someone is literally to feel them as something 'foreign' or 'outside' of your current environment.
- While extrañar means 'to miss' in Latin America, in Spain it is more frequently used to mean 'to find something strange' or 'to be surprised by something'.
- In Spain, the phrase echar de menos literally translates to 'to throw away from less'. It describes the feeling of a void or a lack left behind by someone's absence.
Examples in context
- Si te soy sincero, ¿me extrañas?To be honest, do you miss me?
Example conversation
Mateo and Lucía are talking on the phone late at night.
- MateoHola, Lucía. ¿Cómo estás?Hello, Lucía. How are you?
- LucíaBien, pero te siento lejos.Fine, but I feel you are far away.
- MateoDime la verdad, ¿me extrañas?Tell me the truth, do you miss me?
- LucíaSí, Mateo, te extraño mucho.Yes, Mateo, I miss you a lot.
